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From David G. Johnston
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In response to Re: Lack of detailed documentation  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 4:36 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Surely Lockhart[1] got this
definition from someplace, though, and didn't invent it out of thin air.

I actually viewed quite a few YouTube math videos between then and now and looking at it now it seems familiar.

It is basically treating the points as if they were a representation of complex numbers with x being real and y being imaginary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_number (Multiplication and Division sections)

David J.
 

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